Pancoastbrewing
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Hello all.
Quick background info. I’ve been doing lots of ales (~1.050) lately (blondes and ambers) using the wyeastII American Ale strain. I’ve reused the yeast (washed) four times now. I salvage as much as I can from the previous batch, decant and just pitch everything I salvage into the new brews. My room temp is in the upper 60’s and I use a wet towel to keep it as cool as I can. Haven’t had any issues with fusels in the finished beer.
Anyway, I’m getting what I would consider crazy active fermentations. I’ve always used a blowoff tube and only rarely ever needed one. Maybe once or twice. The last 3 times I’ve used this yeast, I’ve gotten such a blowoff, I’ve needed to rinse out the tube and container of Star san. I’m now over 48 hours past pitching time, and I’ve had to clean everything out 3 times.
This yeast has been used 4 times in the past 2 months. I’ve basically been able to rack off one brew, wash the yeast, and pitch into a new brew within 24 hours of washing. Am I seeing such crazy activity because the yeast is just so fresh and active? Am I pitching too much (I know this is hard to do). Is this fast ferment something to be concerned about? I imagine I will reach FG within the next 24-48 hours. Like I said, no off flavors, but I also don’t want to stress the yeast by constantly pitching too high.
Thanks in advance!
Quick background info. I’ve been doing lots of ales (~1.050) lately (blondes and ambers) using the wyeastII American Ale strain. I’ve reused the yeast (washed) four times now. I salvage as much as I can from the previous batch, decant and just pitch everything I salvage into the new brews. My room temp is in the upper 60’s and I use a wet towel to keep it as cool as I can. Haven’t had any issues with fusels in the finished beer.
Anyway, I’m getting what I would consider crazy active fermentations. I’ve always used a blowoff tube and only rarely ever needed one. Maybe once or twice. The last 3 times I’ve used this yeast, I’ve gotten such a blowoff, I’ve needed to rinse out the tube and container of Star san. I’m now over 48 hours past pitching time, and I’ve had to clean everything out 3 times.
This yeast has been used 4 times in the past 2 months. I’ve basically been able to rack off one brew, wash the yeast, and pitch into a new brew within 24 hours of washing. Am I seeing such crazy activity because the yeast is just so fresh and active? Am I pitching too much (I know this is hard to do). Is this fast ferment something to be concerned about? I imagine I will reach FG within the next 24-48 hours. Like I said, no off flavors, but I also don’t want to stress the yeast by constantly pitching too high.
Thanks in advance!